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  • Dental services are coming back for California's low-income adults

    02/16/2014 11:37:48 AM PST · by artichokegrower · 19 replies
    San Jose Mercury ^ | 02/15/2014 | Daniela Hernandrez
    Jennifer Guintini was 23 when her teeth started falling out. A habit of sipping on Mountain Dew all day -- and later, a seven-year addiction to methamphetamine -- caused her teeth to rot away. "Any time I ate or drank anything, it would be a stabbing pain," recalled Guintini, an unemployed gas station worker.
  • Welfare recipients given gift cards as incentive to do to dentist

    02/15/2014 1:04:06 PM PST · by Kid Shelleen · 31 replies
    CBS News Harrisburg ^ | 01/30/2014 | Chris Papst
    Imagine going to the dentist for a free regular checkup, and getting a free $25 gift card in return. It’s happening right here in Pennsylvania, and taxpayers are paying for all of it. Every year, Pennsylvania spends $20 billion to provide medical care to low-income and disabled residents. But one of the biggest problems the state has is getting people to use those medical services for preventative care. Now a new program designed to address that problem has some people outraged. "I am upset." Michelle Tonkin is seeing red thanks to a Walmart gift card, which she recently got in...